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Keren Engelberg
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Picks and Clicks
Category
israeli
Students Draw on Movie for Tolerance Mural Inspiration
Lisa Hirschmann
July 27, 2006
Gayle Gale started Kids for Peace after she returned to Los Angeles from a series of trips to Israel as a visiting artist at Ben-Gurion University, Beersheba in 1994 and 1995. With assistance from the local Israeli consulate and a grant obtained with help from the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity from the Jewish Community Foundation, she set out to teach youth about Israel through artistic means. In the years since, Gale has found herself doing much more.
A Small Man With Big Dreams
Gaby Friedman
December 1, 2005
Thirty-seven year old Ami Ankilewitz weighs just 39 pounds; he suffers from a rare disease called spinal muscular atrophy, which has prevented his muscles from growing and functioning. As a result, his body is skeletal; his small, fragile bones seem mangled and twisted, thinly covered by skin pulled tight. His eyes stare out dark and black from a gaunt, bony face, which appears too large and too animated for Ami\’s debilitated body.
‘Syrian Bride’ Weds Simple Tale, History
Naomi Pfefferman
November 17, 2005
Clara Khoury and Hiam Abbass star in \”The Syrian Bride,\” where bureaucracy is an uninvited guest.
Yom HaShoah Events
Jewish Journal
April 15, 2004
Laemmle Theaters: Release of the Academy Award-nominated documentary, "Prisoner of Paradise," about German Jewish actor Kurt Gerron, sent to a concentration camp and forced to write and direct Nazi propaganda. Laemmle Music Hall, Beverly Hills.
Looking for Truth in Documentaries
Rachel Brand
May 29, 2003
A Palestinian boy, about 8 years old, dressed in a red T-shirt and missing his two front teeth, is yelling in Arabic: \”I foresee my death and I run toward it.
‘Terrorist’ Helped Israeli Heal
Naomi Pfefferman
May 29, 2003
The straightforward but intensely personal piece stands out amid the flurry of third-person documentaries emerging on the Middle East crisis, including Ilan Ziv\’s 2002 suicide bombing expose, \”Human Weapon,\” and Oliver Stone\’s \”Persona Non Grata\”.
Arab-Israeli Tension, Love Focus of Fest
Tom Tugend
May 22, 2003
The 19th annual Israel Film Festival will showcase 33 movie features, television films, documentaries and student shorts from the Jewish State from May 28 through June 8.
Bogeymen Unmasked
Tom Tugend
February 6, 2003
\”Promises\” is a beautiful documentary and, in light of the daily body count of Israeli and Palestinian victims, a heartbreaking film.
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